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Title: Out of the country or out of society: immigration policy in the United States and Spain.
Creator: Dominguez, Karla Gabriela., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: This thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving...
Show moreThis thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving countries have little to no effect on the net inflow of immigration, nor do they promote a higher rate of assimilation for those immigrants already present within the host country. An analysis of the net inflow of immigrants, their social and economic status, and their rate of assimilation in the U.S. and Spain suggests that restrictive policies only further the social and economic exclusion of immigrants from the host society. Restrictive immigration policies are more effective at keeping immigrants outside of the host country's society than its borders.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11575
Subject Headings: Immigrants, Government policy, Human rights, Emigration and immigration, Government policy, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The activism of the Catholic Church on immigrants' rights in the United States: testing the religious economy model.
Creator: Lazo de la Vega, Sandra, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: This paper tests the religious economy model for predicting Church behavior which predicts that religious firms will become more politically active on behalf of potential members in areas where competition for those members is most fierce. An analysis of data from a survey of 106 U.S. Catholic dioceses and archdioceses on outreach to Hispanic immigrants does not support this hypothesis. Religious competition and Church activism on immigration issues did not correlate. Rather, demand for...
Show moreThis paper tests the religious economy model for predicting Church behavior which predicts that religious firms will become more politically active on behalf of potential members in areas where competition for those members is most fierce. An analysis of data from a survey of 106 U.S. Catholic dioceses and archdioceses on outreach to Hispanic immigrants does not support this hypothesis. Religious competition and Church activism on immigration issues did not correlate. Rather, demand for services (measured as Hispanic presence within each diocese) was a better predictor of Church activism on immigration issues. This finding suggests that the "inelastic demand" assumption of the religious economy model must be dropped, re-opening demand side explanations for Church behavior across national and local contexts.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209993, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT209993
Subject Headings: Church work with immigrants, Progressivism (United States politics), Immigrants, Religious life, Immigrants, Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Religious aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Immigrant identity development in the Christian church: a comparative study of Hispanics in the United States.
Creator: Arenas, Diego., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Christian churches in the United States are very diverse. The diversity seen often goes unmentioned by religion and immigration scholars who write about the key role churches play in the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants. Scholars use the word "church" in order to refer to all Christian religious institutions. The use of one word to encompass the broad range of institutions can misguide readers to believe that all Christian churches in the United States help Hispanic immigrants assimilate...
Show moreChristian churches in the United States are very diverse. The diversity seen often goes unmentioned by religion and immigration scholars who write about the key role churches play in the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants. Scholars use the word "church" in order to refer to all Christian religious institutions. The use of one word to encompass the broad range of institutions can misguide readers to believe that all Christian churches in the United States help Hispanic immigrants assimilate in the same way. This comparative study includes Anglo, Immigrant, and Transnational Christian churches throughout the United States The focus is to explore the particular methods by which immigrants forge identities in Christian churches, identities with assimilation potential into an already multi-cultural, American society. Whether immigrants build an ethnic identity, a religious identity, or a mix of both, there is no guarantee that the identity developed will help immigrants assimilate.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77654
Subject Headings: Assimilation (Sociology), Group identity, Emigration and immigration, Religious aspects, Immigrants, Religious life
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Gifts from home: Material culture and American immigrant women in the 20th century.
Creator: Thur, Victoria L., Florida Atlantic University, Norman, Sandra
Abstract/Description: This thesis will explore material culture by focusing on textiles and needlework of American immigrant women in the twentieth-century. It will feature three textiles: the Fishman bris dress from Britain, traditional Ukrainian embroidery, and refugee Hmong story cloths. Material culture is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates a wide variety of sources, theories, and interpretations. Social history incorporates voices and sources that have been disregarded in the mainstream narrative....
Show moreThis thesis will explore material culture by focusing on textiles and needlework of American immigrant women in the twentieth-century. It will feature three textiles: the Fishman bris dress from Britain, traditional Ukrainian embroidery, and refugee Hmong story cloths. Material culture is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates a wide variety of sources, theories, and interpretations. Social history incorporates voices and sources that have been disregarded in the mainstream narrative. Without scholarship in material culture, these sources would be lost forever. Textiles and their study allow for a wider and more inclusive interpretation of the American experience as immigrant and female. Most immigrant women do not hand down traditional primary documents. The everyday object allows historians to pursue historical imagination through material culture. Material culture scholarship and various sub-fields, allow these voices to be included in the canon of the American historical experience.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13402
Subject Headings: Material culture--Semiotic models, Symbolic anthropology, Symbolic interactionism, United States--Emigration and immigration, Women immigrants--United States
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS ON AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION AND IMMIGRATION POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2016.
Creator: Lopez Pelaez, Kevin
Abstract/Description: Immigration policies in the United States remain a paramount topic in shaping the nation’s sociopolitical culture in the status quo; nuances in public sentiment pertaining to both immigration and are imperative in recognizing the broader implications of this issue. To gauge public sentiment on this and associated issues, a poll was conducted titled Taking America’s Pulse 2016 Class Survey. The Survey organization was the German data and analytics firm, Growth from Knowledge (GfK) Group, and...
Show moreImmigration policies in the United States remain a paramount topic in shaping the nation’s sociopolitical culture in the status quo; nuances in public sentiment pertaining to both immigration and are imperative in recognizing the broader implications of this issue. To gauge public sentiment on this and associated issues, a poll was conducted titled Taking America’s Pulse 2016 Class Survey. The Survey organization was the German data and analytics firm, Growth from Knowledge (GfK) Group, and was sponsored by Cornell University faculty members, Peter K. Enns, Ph.D., Professor of Government, and Jonathon Schuldt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication. This research will examine two (2) questions from the referenced 2016 poll, Question I, “Do you think the number of immigrants admitted into the US is too high, too low, or about the right amount?” and Question II, “Would you support or oppose a proposal to increase penalties for undocumented immigrants who overstay their visa in the US?”. This secondary data analysis further studies the aforementioned questions by examining respondents’ political party affiliation.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000404
Subject Headings: United States. Emigration and immigration. Government policy, Public opinion polls--Law and legislation--United States, Public opinion--United States, Immigration issues in the United States
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Social impact of entrepreneurial immigrants on Florida’s gold coast.
Creator: Coltea, Noemi, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: At the dawn of a new presidential election, we are reminded that what separates the United States from the rest of the world are the immigrants who came here in the pursuit of the American Dream. These immigrants do not just come to the United States as workers, but also as consumers and entrepreneurs who contribute to the American economy, and use the profits created by their successful entrepreneurship(s) in a way that they become catalysts of change. None of the studies have managed to...
Show moreAt the dawn of a new presidential election, we are reminded that what separates the United States from the rest of the world are the immigrants who came here in the pursuit of the American Dream. These immigrants do not just come to the United States as workers, but also as consumers and entrepreneurs who contribute to the American economy, and use the profits created by their successful entrepreneurship(s) in a way that they become catalysts of change. None of the studies have managed to track the qualities and perceptions of these entrepreneurial immigrants turned philanthropists since the 1940’s. By focusing on their life experiences using an instrumental case study approach, we start to form the profile of the modern day immigrant entrepreneur and philanthropist by analyzing them through five lenses: immigration, adult education, entrepreneurship, leadership, and philanthropy. Using these five lenses, we can better understand the optative aspects of entrepreneurial immigrantship as a part of social impact on Florida’s Gold Coast. Their core family values of tithing and lending a helping hand to those in need transfer into social activism in terms of donations of wealth and donations of time. Although they do not consider themselves leaders in the communities they live and work in, the research findings are quite the opposite. They are socially involved through memberships and leadership positions on local, national, and international non- profit boards, they spearhead major fundraising events and initiatives, and they establish private or corporate foundations and even support candidates seeking political office, whether here or abroad. In essence, they became philanthropists and community activists, who by virtue of immigrating and opening their businesses here add value to Florida’s Gold Coast.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004093, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004093
Subject Headings: Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects, Immigrants -- United States -- Florida -- History, New business enterprises, Social entrepreneurship., Success in business
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Latinas experiencing transnational motherhood.
Creator: Sternberg, Rosa Maria., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Economic changes have made the immigration of women to the United States part of major political and social issues. Women from Latin America frequently immigrate alone and without legal documentation, leaving their children in the care of relatives or friends, thus becoming transnational mothers in the process. Hispanic/Latino groups comprise the largest minority in the U.S., and Latina women account for 48.9% of the total Latino population. This demographic trend is expected to continue, and...
Show moreEconomic changes have made the immigration of women to the United States part of major political and social issues. Women from Latin America frequently immigrate alone and without legal documentation, leaving their children in the care of relatives or friends, thus becoming transnational mothers in the process. Hispanic/Latino groups comprise the largest minority in the U.S., and Latina women account for 48.9% of the total Latino population. This demographic trend is expected to continue, and Hispanic/Latino groups are projected to experience the largest population increase in the coming decades (Marshall, Urrutia-Rojas, Soto-Mas & Coggin, 2005). The separation from their family has a strong impact on the health and well-being of these women, rendering them vulnerable to health care barriers and health disparities. This qualitative research study explored the experiences of Latinas living transnational motherhood. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Latin as living transnational motherhood between the ages 21- 39. The findings in this study describe the lived experience of Latina transnational mothers within their social, economic and cultural context. The narrative was analyzed using van Manen's (1990) interpretative hermeneutic phenomenological approach to narrative analysis. Findings indicate that Latinas experiencing transnational motherhood find meaning in mothering from afar through sacrifice, suffering, and hopefulness for a better life for their children, and for family reunification. Findings from this study inform nurses of the health care barriers that these Latinas living transnational motherhood encounter as they experience hardship in order to support their families abroad as well as themselves., Nurses caring for women who immigrate without their children are presented with professional and ethical challenges that require nurses to be knowledgeable about these women's pre- and post-immigration experiences findings of this study help narrowing the gap of information regarding lived experiences of Latinas transnational mothers. This knowledge offers guidance to the development of care that is compassionate, ethical and culturally appropriate.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3333040
Subject Headings: Latin America, Emigration and Immigration, Social aspects, Parental deprivation, Families, Cross-cultural studies, Transnationalism, Nursing, Social aspects, Communication in nursing, Emigration and Immigration, Social aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Trilling R's: meditations on immigration, assimilation, and language.
Creator: O'Brien, Shannon., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Immigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people...
Show moreImmigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people would assume she was illegal because of her accent and appearance. Our discussions prompted me to think about of my place in the story, and about my lack of connection with the Hispanic culture. I set out to interview migrants living in South Florida, and to document my and my mother's experience with immigration and assimilation.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186683
Subject Headings: Emigration and immigration, Assimilation (Sociology), Pluralism (Social sciences), Social adjustment, Hispanic Americans, Cultural assimilation, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Interview with Jerald Posner – ca. 2008.
Creator: Posner, Jerald (Interviewee), Arnell, Alyssa (Interviewer)
Date Issued: 2008-02-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT77829
Subject Headings: Depressions --1929 --United States, Oceanographers, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jews, Russian -- United States, Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format: Set of related objects

Title: What remittances can't buy: the social costs of migration and transnational gossip on women in Jacaltenango, Guatemala.
Creator: Sabbagh, Jocelyn., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The academic debate on gender and migration has missed some of the key factors that impact women's lives and communities of origin. Interviews conducted in Jacaltenango, a Mayan sending community in Guatemala, suggest that while the migration of a spouse does bring substantial financial benefits there are significant individual and social costs that result from migration. More importantly, the interviews uncovered the crucial impact of transnational gossip on women's lives, a feature that has...
Show moreThe academic debate on gender and migration has missed some of the key factors that impact women's lives and communities of origin. Interviews conducted in Jacaltenango, a Mayan sending community in Guatemala, suggest that while the migration of a spouse does bring substantial financial benefits there are significant individual and social costs that result from migration. More importantly, the interviews uncovered the crucial impact of transnational gossip on women's lives, a feature that has been absent in previous academic treatments of gender and migration. Transnational gossip has exacerbated the negative effects of migration for women in migrant-sending locations, pushing women to stay in the "private sphere" and serving as a form of social control that keeps women from actively participating in their communities. For many women, long periods of time living apart from their spouses combined with fears about transnational gossip have brought severe loneliness, anxiety, health problems and even seclusion. This phenomenon is helping define the contemporary social structures of Jacaltenango, and represents one of the most important effects of migration in terms of the lived reality of spouses and families of the predominantly male immigrants who leave Mayan communities in Guatemala to seek work in the United States.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11603
Subject Headings: Women heads of households, Guatemalans, Family, Emigration and immigration, Social life and customs
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A discourse before the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, delivered October 24, 1834, in St. Paul's church, Philadelphia.
Creator: Tyson, Job R. (Job Roberts) 1803-1858, Bethune, George W. (George Washington) 1805-1862
Abstract/Description: At head of title: Read and circulate. "Printed by William S. Martien, No. 9 George street."--page [2]. "List of officers of the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania."--page [2]."Colonization hymns. The following hymns [by Mrs. Sigourney and Rev. G.W. Bethune] were written on the sailing of the Ninus, with one hundred and twenty-six enfranchised slaves, to found the new colony at Bassa Cove, October 24th, 1834 ..."--page [49]. "An account of the proceedings of the Young Men's...
Show moreAt head of title: Read and circulate. "Printed by William S. Martien, No. 9 George street."--page [2]. "List of officers of the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania."--page [2]."Colonization hymns. The following hymns [by Mrs. Sigourney and Rev. G.W. Bethune] were written on the sailing of the Ninus, with one hundred and twenty-six enfranchised slaves, to found the new colony at Bassa Cove, October 24th, 1834 ..."--page [49]. "An account of the proceedings of the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, in connexion with their first expedition of coloured emigrants to Liberia, to found a new colony at Bassa Cove."--page [51]-55. "Report of committee. The committee appointed by the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, to superintend the sailing of their first expedition, respectfully report:"--page 55-59. Signed: On behalf of the committee. Elliott Cresson. 10th mo. 31, 1834. "List of subscriptions and donations."--page [64]. Includes bibliographical references.
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PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f24
Subject Headings: African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia, African Americans -- Liberia -- Emigration and immigration, Antislavery movements -- United States, Liberia -- Colonization, Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States, Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania
Format: E-book

Title: New York's little Syria, 18810-1935.
Creator: Shibley, Gregory J., Sanua, Marianne R., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: This thesis argues that, from 1880 to 1935, Syrian immigrants, who comprised an enclave on the Lower West Side of Manhattan in New York City, sought to control the pace and extent of their assimilation into mainstream American society, by distancing themselves from their ethnicity, or by using their ethnicity to their advantage, or by combining both approaches to varying degrees, as they determined individually, rather than monolithically.
Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004160, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004160
Subject Headings: Syrians--United States--Emigration and immigration--19th century., Syrians--United States--Emigration and immigration--20th century., Syrians--United States--History--19th century., Syrians--United States--History--20th century., Syrian Americans--Ethnicity--History--20th century., Arab Americans--New York--Social conditions--19th century., Arab Americans--New York--Social conditions--20th century.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: More social capital please!: a study of a Brazilian immigrant community.
Creator: Esteves, Jessica., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Researchers who study Brazilian immigrants in the United States have noted a lack of camaraderie and social networks among Brazilians. Based on recent research conducted in Broward County, Florida, Manuel Vâasquez argues that while there are clear structural impediments to community formation among Brazilian immigrants, Brazilians do form social networks. This thesis examines the survey and ethnographic data from Vâasquez's sample to test a series of hypotheses about which factors impact...
Show moreResearchers who study Brazilian immigrants in the United States have noted a lack of camaraderie and social networks among Brazilians. Based on recent research conducted in Broward County, Florida, Manuel Vâasquez argues that while there are clear structural impediments to community formation among Brazilian immigrants, Brazilians do form social networks. This thesis examines the survey and ethnographic data from Vâasquez's sample to test a series of hypotheses about which factors impact levels of social capital and the potential for network creation and mobilization among Brazilian immigrants. Analysis of the data suggests that religious participation and levels of perceived discrimination are correlated with higher levels of social capital in this sample. For a group of immigrants characterized by a lack of collective solidarity and facing an increasingly hostile economic and social climate, religious organizations may be essential locales for achieving sufficient social capital for social, economic, and political integration.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335017
Subject Headings: Social capital (Sociology), Infrastructure (Economics), Social networks, Brazilian Americans, Social conditions, Brazilian Americans, Cultural assimilation, Brazilian Americans, Ethnic identity, Emigration and immigration
Format: Document (PDF)

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